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Court agrees to block collection of Trump’s massive civil fraud judgment if he puts up $175M
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NEW YORK (AP) – A New York appeals court on Monday agreed to hold off collection of former President Donald Trump’s more than $454 million civil fraud judgment – if he puts up $175 million within 10 days. If he does, it will stop the clock on collection and prevent the state from seizing the…
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Supreme Court again confronts the issue of abortion, this time over access to widely used medication
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WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court will again wade into the issue of abortion this week when it hears arguments over a medication used in the most common way to end a pregnancy, a case with implications for millions of women no matter where they live in America and, perhaps, for the race for the…
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Trump’s social media company approved to go public, potentially netting former president billions
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NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump is returning to the stock market. Shareholders of Digital World Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded shell company, approved a deal to merge with the former president’s media business in a Friday vote. That means Trump Media & Technology Group, whose flagship product is social networking site Truth Social, will…
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Biden to sign executive order aimed at advancing study of women’s health
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WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order aimed at advancing the study of women’s health in part by strengthening data collection and providing easier and better funding opportunities for biomedical research. Women make up half the population, but their health is underfunded and understudied. It wasn’t until the 1990s…
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Biden campaign has amassed $155M in cash on hand for 2024 campaign and raised $53M last month
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WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden’s campaign reported $155 million in cash on hand for the 2024 election. The president raised $53 million alone last month, which was the strongest grassroots fundraising month since the campaign launched, according to campaign officials. Among those efforts was a contest for supporters to attend a fundraiser on March…
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Supreme Court rejects appeal by former New Mexico county commissioner banned for Jan. 6 insurrection
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WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a former New Mexico county commissioner who was kicked out of office over his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Former Otero County commissioner Couy Griffin, a cowboy pastor who rode to national political fame by embracing then-President…
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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the Tuesday presidential and state primaries
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WASHINGTON (AP) – Voting in the races for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations happens again Tuesday, a week after President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump secured enough delegate support to become their parties’ presumptive nominees. Three states also will hold primaries for other offices as this November’s battle for control of the…
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Climate, a major separator for Biden and Trump, is a dividing line in many other races, too
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – The race for the White House isn’t the only one with big stakes for climate policy. In campaigns for Congress and for governor around the country, candidates are talking about how green the grid should be. In the debate over how to respond to a warming world, Republicans are promoting an…
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Biden says he never meant to keep classified documents. Hur stands by report on president’s memory
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WASHINGTON (AP) – Over five hours of interviews, President Joe Biden repeatedly told a special counsel that he never meant to retain classified information after he left the vice presidency, but he was at times fuzzy about dates and said he was unfamiliar with the paper trail for some of the sensitive documents he handled.…
